Every single song on 'Torches' was a little self-contained pop song, so there wasn't any fat on the songs; there wasn't a… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
Well, there are certainly original things to say. But I'm not sure that a pop song is the appropriate format to say… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
When I was working on the music for this I didn't want to just use pop songs as the score - most… — Sofia Coppola Copy Share Image
There's always that struggle between me wanting to keep [song] new and fresh and then be - I can never get with… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do… — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
When it's a pop song, I don't really want to do pop songs, but they exist and sort of come out by… — Jason Pierce Copy Share Image
I don't own an ABBA album, and I never had the urge to go and buy one. If you're just talking about… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
I was always one of these people who is irrationally moved by stupid pop songs. — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
I'm not confident about my appearance, I'm not confident about anything really in my life, I'm a very tortured soul when it… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
For me, with the Blue Man Group, I got asked. It was for the Royal Variety Show, which was something I always… — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
Pop music has greater power to change people and to affect people because it's a universal language. You don't have to understand… — Paul Epworth Copy Share Image
I'm sure as I progress the sound may get cleaner but right now, I'm still interested in having it rough but never… — Dee Dee Ramone Copy Share Image
“And waking, once again, face smudged into Andrea's couch, the red quilt humped around her shoulders, smelling coffee, while Andrea hummed some… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that's going to stay at the top… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by artists like Robyn, just because she writes amazing pop songs, and they're not throwaway. When I listen to a… — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
“You know, just because you think bubblegum pop on the radio represents all that is wrong with society, that doesn’t mean there’s… — Hannah Harrington Copy Share Image
Yeah, except that when I write pop songs I have pretty strict constraints that I impose on myself. 69 Love Songs is… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
I don't try to approach things any differently, songwriting-wise, regardless of what I'm doing. I try to write whatever the best thing… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
I think that's such a beautiful sentiment. Love should only last as long as a very expensive and impractical bikini that looks… — Emma Forrest Copy Share Image
There's nothing like getting feedback that's positive and supportive. That's what I'm all about. I'm really just genuinely doing good music. I'm… — Tiffany Villarreal Copy Share Image
I am saying what comes out, because I'm really not a methodical writer. I'm not a good building writer, where you are… — William Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about being in a band: it's a gang for people who are too wimpy to fight. You can… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
That's what is so great about being able to record a 13-song album. You can do a very eclectic group of songs.… — Reba McEntire Copy Share Image
I always felt like I could combine good pop songs that are easy for people to like with a real person and… — Robyn Copy Share Image
I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song. It may be easier to put out a fake… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
“Soon we are singing at the top of our lungs. A pop song that's as substantial as a balloon, but lifts us… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song. — Andrew Dominik Copy Share Image
Pop is like a puzzle: to write a perfect pop song, you never know, and there's so much that can happen in… — LP Copy Share Image
I like seeing someone that can sing jazz and then flip over and sing a pop song and then sing a rock… — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd be able to flat-out write a pop song and make it satisfying to me. I'm ready to make… — Leon Bridges Copy Share Image
All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song. — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The easiest way I can describe what makes a pop song a pop song is that it's a song you want to… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
I listen to a wide variety of music of all genres, but sometimes you just need a cheesy pop song. — Cynthia Addai-Robinson Copy Share Image
I've covered Avril Lavigne. I like good pop songs, and I don't think there should be any kind of preconceptions about where… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
Sometimes you want something really serious that makes you feel emotional and makes you think, and sometimes you do just want a… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
We didn't want to worry about the formula that has been implanted into our brains - this verse/pre-chorus/chorus format. When we were… — Travie McCoy Copy Share Image
I really got into psych because everything has a really good groove to it and it's nicely spaced out, but ultimately they… — Mike Romano Copy Share Image